supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 41176171 and 41076124);the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant no. 20123402110026)
Soil enzyme activities can be used as indicators of microbial activity and soil fertility. In this paper, the activities of invertase (IA), phosphatase (PA) and urease (UA) were investigated in tundra soils coll...
The California least tern (Sternula antillarum browni) is an endangered species. The two largest colonies of this bird species in the San Francisco Bay, California, USA, are located 23 km apart at Alameda Point and ...
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA05080300);Important Direction Project of Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-138);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40830852 and 41025007);Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology Projects (Grant Nos. 2007CB8015905 and 2006BAB19B03)
Rising atmospheric CO2 and warming of the global climate that have occurred since the industrial revolution are regarded as fatal threats to coral reefs. We analyzed the skeletal calcification rate of 14 massive Porit...
Cubitermes spp. are widely distributed soil-feeding termite species in sub- Saharan Africa which play a fundamental role in soil structure and fertility. A complex of at least four cryptic species (i.e., Cubitermes s...